Original Stays Online




Philadelphia Museum of Art



Philadelphia Museum of Art



Philadelphia Museum of Art


Karen Augusta

Memorial Hall Museum

Memorial Hall Museum


Metropolitan Museum of Art


Victoria and Albert Museum


McCord Museum


Victoria and Albert Museum

 Green Worsted Stays, c 1780
Metropolitan Museum of Art





Brown Cotton Stays lined with linen.  Circa late 1780-90s.  Wide bow front and narrow shoulder straps accommodate the pouter pigeon look of the 80s and early 90s.